We should have guessed this when he blew out his pants in the first ITT.
His sore hips were probably due to the constant retention problem.
No wonder his climbing face looked different than previous years... more like he was going to lose it at any moment.
"During this Tour, I started with some little physical problems. before the Tour, I had diarrhoea and stomach problems and then tendonitis in the hips from new shoes and cleats. I wasn't feeling normal on the bike."
